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The Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) has distributed relief materials to 4, 000 victims of Boko Haram insurgents’ attack in Auno community of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno. Mohammed Alkali, NEDC Managing Director, made the disclosure at the distribution of the relief items to the affected persons on Monday in Auno, Borno. Alkali disclosed that food and non food items would be distributed to the victims to mitigate their sufferings due to the unfortunate incident. He listed the items to include 5, 000 blankets, 1, 000 bags of beans, 1, 000 mattresses, 200 cartons of cooking oil, 1, 000 bags…

A total of 40, 000 registered farmers under the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), in Kano state will benefit from the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme during the 2020 dry season farming. Alhaji Ado Hassan, the state’s  RIFAN Secretary, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday in Kano. He said the association had concluded arrangements for the distribution of fertilizers and other inputs to the farmers next week. According to him, each of the beneficiaries will collect fertilizers, certified seeds, water pumping machines, sprayers, herbicides as well as empty bags for storing their commodity after harvest. He…

Mr Emmanuel Nwafor, the National President, Association of Social Media and Online Marketing Practitioners in Nigeria, has advised young entrepreneurs to embrace digital marketing to grow their businesses. Nwafor told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja that for their businesses to improve they needed to embrace modern business techniques. Nwafor, also Managing Director, Alternative Adverts Ltd., added that for the entrepreneurs businesses to expand they needed to depart from the old ways of doing business. “It is important for small business owners to embrace digital marketing as it will create an avenue for their products to…

The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has reiterated that no tertiary institution will admit candidates outside the Central Admission Process System (CAPS) of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The minister stated this in his address at the commissioning of JAMB’s New General Services Department building on Monday at the board’s headquarters, Bwari, Abuja. Adamu said that it was necessary to remind the general public that any admissions done outside CAPS would be considered as corrupting the entire admission process. “I congratulate JAMB on the introduction of CAPS, which has revolutionized admission process in the interest of candidates,…

The Zone RS2 Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), comprising Ogun and Lagos states, says it has prosecuted 158 traffic offenders from January 1 to February 17. The Zonal Commanding Officer, Mr Samuel Obayemi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. Obayemi said that 155 of the prosecuted offenders were convicted of various traffic offences, while the remaining three were discharged. Obayemi, an Assistant Corps Marshal, said that the prosecution was part of the measures to increase the efficacy of FRSC’s enforcement operations across the zone. He said…

The Presidency on Monday in Abuja raised alarm over the increasing cases of fake news being propagated against President Muhammadu Buhari, cabinet ministers, government officials and institutions in the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, raised the alarm while reacting to the social media reports that President Buhari would be embarking on 20-day foreign trip to London, Austria and Saudi Arabia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an unfounded information has been making the rounds that President Buhari is billed to travel to the United Kingdom for 20 days, and…

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has warned heads of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and members of his cabinet against inflating costs of projects and contracts. He gave the warning on Monday in Lokoja while declaring open a two-day induction, orientation and policy absorption workshop for members of his cabinet and other political office holders in the state. The governor warned that over-bloated contracts, padding of projects and other financial demands from the MDAs would not be acceptable, saying anyone found padding proposals would be shown the way out. He said that heads of MDAs should endeavour to scrutinise their…

The Osun House of Assembly on Monday passed the Osun Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Bill 2020 for first reading after it was presented by the Speaker, Mr Timothy Owoeye. Presenting the bill before the House, Owoeye said a letter and 40 copies of the draft bill on the establishment of the Amotekun security network was forwarded to him by Gov. Gboyega Oyetola. He said that the governor requested accelerated passage of the bill into law. Owoeye said that the bill emanated from the Forum of South West Governors in order to address insecurity in the region and the…

Some road users, including Mrs Funmi Akingbagbohun, Chairman, Ikeja Branch, Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), on Monday called on the Lagos State Government to complete the construction of the Agege Pen Cinema Flyover within the stipulated time. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN); they, however, commended the efforts of the government, saying the construction of the flyover would eradicate gridlock in the axis. They said that the state government should see to the completion of the project ahead of the rainy season. A correspondent of NAN who visited the site, reports that various construction activities were…

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, on Monday described Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau as a coward and challenged him to come out of hiding. “Shekau should be bold enough to face security forces, if he is truly the courageous leader of Boko Haram he claims to be,” the Council said at a press briefing in Kaduna conducted by its Secretary General, Nafi’u Baba-Ahmed. It noted that Shekau’s confession of the murder of Sheikh Jafar Adam, exposed his complete ignorance of Islam and its laws. “Shekau gleeful confession to the brutal murder of late Sheik Ja’afar Adam revealed his…